I second the amendment by my colleague, Senator Darragh O’Brien. I agree wholeheartedly with Senator Norris. I have seen the reports as well. For far too long Parliament has been subservient to Government, and the people are subservient to all of us. It seems now that the Government is subservient to civil servants and that is fundamentally wrong. I would welcome if any information could be made available in the context of the liquidation of the IBRC. Senator Norris is correct. As a result of the liquidation of the IBRC, in work-outs with a number of properties around the country where sales were close to completion, all of them have now been put on hold. No information in connection with them can be shared with anybody and the reality is that the people once again come last. As many of us on both sides of this House have said, it is time that the people began to come first in all of our considerations in this House. That is not going to cost anything. For many years, Ministers from all parties and none, have always said that we must be conscious of the markets, the European Central Bank, the systemic importance of the other. What about the systemic importance of the people? It is time for once that they came first.

Today in the AV room there will be a presentation at lunch time by a group of people from the north west called the N4 Action Group. The road from Collooney to Castlebaldwin is described by an eminent coroner as the most dangerous stretch of road in the country. It has claimed no fewer than 30 lives. Various Governments had scheduled the works to proceed and this dangerous stretch of road to be upgraded but, regrettably, the NRA has recently suspended the upgrade due to financial constraints. However, curiously, work on the stretch of road between Westport and Castlebar which is nowhere near as dangerous in terms of fatalities has not been suspended. We all know who lives at either end of that particular road. If proximity to the Taoiseach and a Minister is the only criteria by which we determine what roads get done it is a sad day. They are not my words but that of a coroner that this stretch of road is the most dangerous in the country. I ask the Leader to personally involve himself in the debate and to impress upon the Minister that as part of the much celebrated, long-awaited NewERA investment, this particular stretch of road would be given priority as a shovel-ready project to try to save lives rather than expedite political support as we have seen on the Castlebar to Westport stretch of road. I invite everybody to come to the AV room today between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to hear the presentation for themselves.